Episodes
June 1, 2022
The Round Trip (EP.259)
On today's show we discuss what the narrative would be if we went back to new highs, why high oil prices are so worrisome, why the housing market is more important than the stock market, some good news about the U.S. economy…
May 25, 2022
The most obvious recession ever (EP.258)
On today's show we discuss, the big housing miss, inventory build-ups, private market slowdown, and much more. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batnick’s Like us on And feel free to...
May 23, 2022
Animal Spirits: Listener Mailbag
On today’s show we answer questions from the listeners on Roth IRAs, HELOCs, budgeting for home improvements and more with some help from Henry Yoshida at Rocket Dollar. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson…
May 18, 2022
Obvious Signs of the Top (EP.257)
On today's show we discuss why markets are so confusing right now, the different kinds of recessions, inflation expectations, how to survive a bear market, the best movie sequels ever and much more. Find complete shownote…
May 16, 2022
Talk Your Book: Investing in the Carbon Transformation
On today's Talk Your Book, we spoke with Roger Mortimer from KraneShares about the coming global transformation in carbon investing. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batnick’s Like us on …
May 14, 2022
Talk Your Book: Locking in Higher Yields on Your Portfolio
On today's Talk Your Book, we spoke with Jason Barsema from Halo Investing about structured products and defined outcome investing. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batnick’s Like us on …
May 11, 2022
The End of V-Shaped Recoveries (EP.256)
On today's Animal Spirits we discuss the growth stock crash getting worse, the speed of market declines, building wealth slowly, how long bear markets last for, Liam Neeson and much more. Find complete shownotes on our blogs…
May 4, 2022
Is this a bear market? (EP.255)
On today's show, we discuss the stock and bond markets both falling, the new 60/40 portfolio, the case for buying a house right now, the greatest stock of all-time, and much more. Register for the YCharts Webinar: Mega Caps …
May 2, 2022
Talk Your Book: Rethinking the 4% Rule
On today's Talk Your Book we spoke with David Lau and Wade Pfau about spending down your assets in retirement and why it's one of the hardest concepts in financial planning. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Car…
April 27, 2022
Elon Buys Twitter (EP.254)
On today's show we discuss what Elon Musk can do with Twitter, bonds & stocks falling together, growth stocks keep getting killed, inflation vs. mortgage rates in the housing market, 3 reasons inflation might be peaking and …
April 25, 2022
Talk Your Book: Investing in Human Capital
On today's Talk Your Book we talk with Dan Ariely and Kristof Gleich about investing in human capital and corporate culture. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batnick’s Like us on And fee…
April 20, 2022
A Recession is Coming (EP.253)
On today's show we discuss taking Twitter private, why tech billionaires are so unhappy, why no one is positioned for a commodities supercycle, the best pool drink, a normal housing market and more. Find complete shownotes…
April 13, 2022
The Fed is Making a Mistake (EP.252)
On today's show we discuss the crazy move higher in interest rates, the wealth effect in stocks, recessions vs. inflation, wage growth for lower income levels, Elon Musk's Twitter escapades, owning individual bonds vs. bond …
April 11, 2022
Talk Your Book: The Financial Advisor's Cheat Code
On today's Talk Your Book we spoke with Josh Smith from VRGL about how his company is making it easier for financial advisors to bring in new business and understand their clients. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... …
April 6, 2022
Long Global, Short USA (EP.251)
On today's show we discuss Elon Musk's new position in Twitter, Tiger Global, the scalding hot labor market, frugality is not always the way, the Animal Spirits Discord channel and much more. Find complete shownotes on ou…
April 4, 2022
Talk Your Book: Investing in mRNA
On today's Talk Your Book, we talked with Dave Mazza from Direxion about investing in mRNA technology. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batnick’s Like us on And feel free to shoot us...
March 30, 2022
Tighten Until Something Breaks (EP.250)
On today's show we discuss inflation vs. the stock market, bonds getting killed, the crazy housing market, betting on the Oscars, why Twitter was built for pop culture moments and much more. Find complete shownotes on our…
March 28, 2022
Talk Your Book: Protecting the Downside
On today's Talk Your Book we had Bruce Bond from Innovator ETFs back on the show to discuss how advisors are using managed and buffered ETFs to protect the downside in their portfolios. Find complete shownotes on our blog…
March 26, 2022
NFTs
On today's show we speak with Audiograph's Quinn Stearns about start-ups, founding a company, creating communities for podcasts and why we made Animal Spirits NFTs. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s …
March 23, 2022
Can the Markets Cause a Recession (EP.249)
On this week's show we discuss the crazy moves in interest rates, mortgage rates going much higher, how to think about bond yields right now, why the U.S. consumer will keep spending even with higher prices, the housing mark…
March 21, 2022
Listener Mailbag
On today's show we clean out the inbox to answer questions from the listeners about Roth IRAs, producing content, international diversification, asset allocation, leveraged ETFs and more. Find complete shownotes on our bl…
March 16, 2022
Is a Recession Bullish For Tech Stocks? (EP.248)
On today's show we discuss the probability for a recession, crazy commodities prices, housing as a commodity, rising mortgage rates, why dogs are so awesome, the new Batman movie and much more. Find complete shownotes on …
March 14, 2022
Talk Your Book: How Advisors Can Manage 401k Accounts
On today's Talk Your Book we spoke with Dave Goldman from Pontera about helping advisors manage held away accounts for clients. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batnick’s Like us on And f…
March 12, 2022
Talk Your Book: The Craziest Commodities Market Ever
On today's special edition of Talk Your Book, we spoke with Sal Gilbertie from Teucrium Agriculture ETFs about what's going on in the commodities market. Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s Michael Batn…